US246918A - Tbeeitoey - Google Patents

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(Model.)

D'. F. SPANGLER.

TOE GALK VISB. No. 246,918. Patented Sept. 13,1881.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,918, dated September 13, 1881.

Application led May 26, 1881. (Model.)

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID F. SPANGLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Columbia, Washington Territory, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe Toe and Oalk Vises; andI do hereby declare the followin gto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beingphad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or igures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has for its object to furnish a convenient tool to be attached to a blacksmiths anvil, for holding horseshoes and shaping the calks thereon.

It consists in a vise the fixed jaw of which is beveled at the top and provided with a wing which lies on top of the anvil, and has a depending lug, which ts into the hardy-hole, and in having the movable jaw provided with a cam-lever at its lower end, by which the vise is made to clamp the shoes.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan, of a vise made according to my invention and applied to an anvil.

a is the fixed jaw ofthe vise, being provided with a fixed stem, a, with nut a2 for holding the movable jaw. The upper end of the fixed jaw is beveledinward at a3 at the proper angle usually given to the inner sides of horseshoecalks.

a4 is a horizontal wing projecting from the top of the jaw a across the top of the anvil, and on the under side of this wing there is provided a depending lug, a5, which passes down into the hardy-hole and holds the jaw firmly to the anvil. In the wing a4 there are formed two small vertical holes, a6, to be used for holding the shanks of hardies or other like tools.

b is the movable jaw. It is held on the stem a' by the nut a2. Its lower end is not connected to the lower end of the iiXed jaw. The jaws are pressed openat their tops by a leafspring, b, the upper end of which is held on the stem a', and the lower end of which presses on the outer side of the lower end of the jaw b.

c is a cain,pivoted bypreference in the lower end of the jaw b, and so that it bears against the lower end of the jaw a. It is so constructed and arranged that when turned in the proper direction it forces the lower ends of the jaws apart and closes the upper ends together. The cam could be easily constructed so that it could be pivoted to jaw a and bear against jaw b. The cam is provided with and operated by a lever-arm, c. When the cam is pivoted to the movable jaw it projects away from the smith, and in such arrangement I connect the outer end of said lever-arm on 011e end of a rod, c2, the other end of which is hooked into an eye, c3, on a treadle, o4. One end of the treadle is pivoted in a suitable eye on the door of the shop, or to a sill or stake prepared for the purpose. The other end of the treadle extends to theside of the anvil-block, within easy reach of the foot of the smith.`

When the vise is not in use the rod c2 can be unhooked from the arm c and dropped to the iioor. The vise can then he lifted from the anvil and laid aside. The shoe dis placed between the jaws with the unsharpened calk rest- 7 5 ing on the beveled face a3, where it can be beaten into proper shape.

The holes a6 are employed to receive the ends of the punch employed to punch the nailholes in the shoe. 8o

When the cam is pivoted to the stationary jaw a it can be operated by placing the foot directly on the end of the lever-arm, or the treadle can be rigged in the position shown in dotted lines. I prefer the arrangement of the 8 5 parts first hereinbefore described. The jaws could be pivoted together at the bottom and held apart at their tops by a spring placed between them in the well-known manner. Alever-arm could be pivoted to the side of the 9o stationary jaw above the stem a', and have its end extended past the movable jaw and provided with a lateral extension, which would bear on the outer side of the movable jaw and press the latter in toward the other jaw 5V but 95 this arrangement puts the lever-arm somewhat in the way, and is not so convenient to operate.

Having described myinvention,whatIclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a vise for forming calks on horseshoes, 10o

the combination, substantially as hereinbefore trol of the foot of the smith, substantially as 1o set forth, of the anvil, the stationary jaw proset forth.

vided with a beveled calli-face at its upper end, In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in and with a horizontal Wing extending over the presence of two witnesses. 5 face of the anvil, and with a depending lug DAVID F SPANGLER adapted to enter the hardy-hole, the movable jaw, and a. cam pivoted to one of the jaws Iand Witnesses:

bearing against the other jaw, and provided R. F. S'LURDEVANT, with a. lever-arm arranged to be under the con- JOHN W. NORRIS.

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